Talk:Eliot Ness
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is it not ironic that there is a beer now named after a man who worked so hard to maintain prohibition?
Response from DD90: I suppose it's ironic, but not as much so as you think. Ness was not against drinking, only for upholding the law, so once the prohibition ended he had no trouble having a drink named after him. In fact he was in a drunken car accident not many years later.
Is his first name spelled Eliot or Elliott?
- Eliot with one "l" and one "t."
Rumour has it that Ness committed suicide, which contradicts the heart attack portion of this entry. Uncorroborated at this time, but possible sources include several books on Capone as well as a Ness biography. Has anyone else heard this theory?
- No, I never heard of that. I don't think Eliot Ness committed suicide. One year before Eliot's death, his doctor was concerned about a slight heart murmur. Maybe you confuse it with FBI ace Melvin Purvis, he killed himself with a pearl-handled Colt .45 in 1960.
Elliott Ness is also a rapper or something: www.enessonline.com - 149.152.23.23 20:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Someone else... <span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: normal"><font style="border: solid 1px orange; background-color:#991199" color="white">[[User:Kitia|Kitia</font></span><sup><small> — <font color="#FF4F00">[[User talk:Kitia|talk]]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">[[Special:contributions/Kitia|contrib]]</font> | <font color="#CD00CD"> 16:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)</font></small></sup>]] 23:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Parodies
What about the Bugs Bunny parody, Elegant Mess? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.5.145.74 (talk) 17:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Norway?
I added the bio and LE project tags, but also removed the WikiProject Norway tag. Nothing I saw in the article hints at a Norway connection. If there is one, feel free to restore the tag, but maybe incorporate something into the article as well. Bobanny 00:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- From the article: "Ness was born in Chicago, the youngest of five, to Norwegian bakers Peter and Emma Ness." But that might still not merit a Norway-project tag. What do you think? It was added because the article is in the category Norwegian-Americans. That category holds Norwegians who moved to (or stayed a long time in) the US and US-born people with Norwegian roots.Inge 13:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
